Black Is Beautiful

Power to the People ✊🏾

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Inabitáveis/The Uninhabitable Ones, 2020, dir. Anderson Bardot 

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Snow Day in Washington (2019)

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Rest In Peace

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Harlem, NYC - 1970 

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Black Virgin Mary

BY ADRIAN OCTAVIUS WALKER

Black Virgin Mary portrays a young man with his green velvet durag undone, framing his face like a veil. The closely cropped image draws our attention to the subject’s weary expression and the rich, glimmering texture of his headwear. Commercialized in the 1970s as a beauty implement to hold wavy hairstyles in place, durags have become culturally specific fashion statements. Since the 1990s, celebrities such as LeBron James, Jay-Z, and Rihanna have helped popularize them.

This image is part of Adrian Octavius Walker’s series We Matter, which explores male beauty traditions, how they function as signs of kinship, and how they are perceived outside of their communities. In this photograph, the sitter’s direct gaze and the reference to the Virgin Mary in the title conjure ideas of beauty and martyrdom while foregrounding the subject’s vulnerability.

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Black Harvard Students about racism they have experienced

“Our biggest demand would be for the president and administration to issue a public statement in response to the affirmation action article to support students of color, and say why they value diversity on campus.”

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Guys

GUYS

Billy Dee Williams (iconic black actor of Berry Gordy and Lando Calrissian etc.) came out as gender fluid today!

LGBT icons have always existed and this is why we love them. May The Force be with you always.

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Members at 1921 Delta Sigma Theta’s national Convention, hosted by Gamma Chapter at the University of Pennsylvania. Shown left to right: front, Virginia Margaret Alexander, Julia Mae Polk, Sadie Tanner Mossell; row 2, Anna R. Johnson, Nellie Rathbone Bright, Pauline Alice Young. Read More http://www.blackeconomicdevelopment.com/more-african-american-rare-and-incredible-american-pics/4/

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We Are Still Segregated.

Look at cities across America to see how blacks, whites, Hispanics and others were segregated.

Atlanta, GA (2010)

Washington, DC (2010)

New York, NY (2010)

Detroit, MI (2010)

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Black love aint dead…

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Jamel Shabazz, From Back in the Days, 1980s

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Black Kid.

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Christmas time from the Botanical Gardens’ display of the African American History & Culture Meuseum.

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«The Black Scholar» – Journal of Black Studies and Research, Vol. 1, No.7, Edited by Robert Chrisman, The Black World Foundation, 1970, Sausalito, CA. Interview with Robert F. Williams, and contributions by Stokely Carmichael, Shirley Graham DuBois, Milton White, Linda La Rue, Solomon Gethers, Janet Cheatham Saxe, and other

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R.I.P. Juice

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Lil Nas X for GQ